HP 35s calculator

I have quite a problem with the hp35s and the base mode/conversion function.

I would expect (as happens with most if not all previous hp scientific calculators) that when you change base the calculator changes base mode and all subsequent artithmetic or logic operations happen in that base.

The manual clearly states that the mode of the calculator changes to the selected base mode, as has always previously happened. But in operation this is clearly not the case. You can do base conversion but it is so convoluted that it is unusable.

As a design engineer who has been using HP RPN calculators for about 35 years. I ask the question

'Why make a simple often used task so complex with no user benefit?'

I buy and use HP calculators for RPN and qick base conversion/arithmetic

Re: HP 35s calculator

Yes, i was surprised too when i found that in a different BASE mode the 35s still assumes entries in decimal form. They have to be postfixed with the appropriate base designator (e.g. 50DBh where the "h" is found in the BASE menu item 6 - you can use the menu item number as a shortcut, e.g. BlueShift BASE 6 puts the h on the number).